Purpose: Entrepreneurs are often considered to be more willing to bear and manage uncertainty than non-entrepreneurs. However, the available empirical evidence regarding this topic is limited and mixed. By adopting an experimental design, the paper’s purpose is to shed light on a causal...

Research in decision making and cognition has a long tradition in economics and management and represents a substantial stream of research in entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty are two characteristics of the decision environment. It has long been believed that entrepreneurs who need to make...

This study investigates how actors form risk information across hierarchical levels within a formal risk management process. It is a longitudinal study of the risk reports on major military project investments from the Agency of Acquisition and Logistics (the operational level), the Defense...